Montes Purple Angel Carmenere / Petit Verdot 2011, Colchagua Valley DO, Chile: Purple Angel will make you feel as though you've gone to heaven aloft a cloud of sensory pleasure. Can one wine pack more flavour into the bottle? I'm skeptical. The grape Carmenere resurfaced in Chile about 12 years ago after being believed extinct when the root louse phylloxera hit Bordeaux, its original home, in 1880. In Chile it's called the "Jurassic Grape" because it returned from so-called extinction. Montes grapes are planted on steep vineyards for maximum drainage. This vintage is a blend of 92% Carmenere, 8% petite Verdot aged for 18 months in French and American oak barrels. If you love full-bodied, juicy, fruit-forward wines, this is your apogee as it also has all of those other great hallmarks of superb wine: complexity, balance and finish. Yes please! Drink: 2014-2020. 62364 14% XD 750 mL  $85.00 Score: 95/100. December 6, 2014 Top Rated Red Wine. Gorgeous Gift Wine Full Review

Szekszardi Kekfrankos Jaszbery 2011, Hungary: Lots of mouth-watering acidity in this robust, rustic Hungarian red wine. Great price. This is for quaffing not analyzing. Try it with a juicy steak or hamburger. Drink: 2012-2015. 371583 12% XD 750 mL  $8.95 Score: 83/100. August 3, 2014 Heavenly Hamburger Wine Full Review

Greywacke Pinot Noir 2015, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand Drink: 2019-2026. 402651 13.50% XD 750 mL  $49.95. May 14, 2019 Full Review